1939  Parashumardites Ruzhentsev: 851 [published Oct.19, 1939].
     1939  Subshumardites Schindewolf: 440 [published later than Nov.7, 1939].
     1950  Parashumardites.-Ruzhentsev: 167.
     1957  Subshumardites.-Treatise: L51.
     1960  Parashumardites.-Ruzhentsev: 225.
     1962  Parashumardites.-Osnovy: 389.
     1975  Parashumardites.-Nassichuk: 158.

Type species: Shumardites senex, Miller & Cline, 1934, p.184 [OD].
 
[Nassichuk, 1975, p.158: The conch of Parashumardites is thickly discoidal and moderately
evolute; U/D ranges from near 30 per cent to about 50 per cent. The umbilicus is broadly
rounded and umbilical shoulders are narrowly rounded to subangular. Shell ornament consists
fo delicate tranverse lamellae that are gently curved on the flanks and more or less
straight across the venter].